John Wells Gisborne Yacht Club committee member The Herald article “Why do we keep having to come back” requires a response. The Gisborne Yacht Club Inc is applying for renewal of a lease from Gisborne District Council which has been in place to...
It was suggested we sign up for a fencing package offered by the Rapid Relief Team (Farmers Community Connect), after being hit by the recent weather events. We turned up with our trailer and registration number along with 300 or so other farmers...
Many commentators over recent years have shared Bob Hughes’ concerns over nuclear weapons being used on actual battlefields — be they the bigger, high-yielding bombs or the smaller yield, so-called tactical nukes. We should not be consoled by...
Registering Personal Locator Beacons is a great way to ensure emergency resources are used well, says the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter team. The crew on Wednesday responded to an early afternoon call-out after the NZ Rescue...
Just 593 sheep were sent to the Matawhero saleyards yesterday for the weekly sale, including 20 prime lambs sold on behalf of the Cancer Society Gisborne for a total sum of $2797. Prime ewes are being heavily discounted, heavy ewes selling from $90...
Gisborne and Coast residents enjoyed a fine, clear day to welcome spring yesterday, with the mercury reaching more than three degrees above normal. Mid-afternoon the day warmed to over 20.2 degrees, and more in some places. The 1991 to 2020 average...
More than 300 farmers from throughout the region flocked to the Rapid Relief Team Community Connect Day yesterday in Dunstan Road and took home with them around $450,000 worth of fencing materials. The RRT organisation, run by the Brethren Church...
A major new schools initiative, the Wednesday Challenge, is set to launch in Tairāwhiti next week aimed at encouraging families to use healthier, more fun and sustainable transport for their daily journeys. Tairāwhiti Environment Centre chair...
The unofficial first day of spring dawned cold and clear yesterday morning, and the second full moon of August was still a fine sight as AirNZ flight No 8160 took off at 6.15am, bound for Auckland. Photographers gathered at Wainui Beach to catch the...
A controversial East Coast barge project aiming to transport logs out of a remote area has been cut from a list of Government-funded infrastructure projects, missing out on tens of millions of dollars that had been earmarked for it.
Māori Land Court Chief Judge Caren Fox (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata) has been appointed the new chair of the Waitangi Tribunal. Associate Māori development minister Nanaia Mahuta announced the appointment yesterday morning. Judge Fox is the first...
Richard Ralph was a full-time St John ambulance officer for 27 years and experienced the highs and lows of tending to people in life-and-death emergencies. His humble background and supportive grandparents stood him in good stead for his calling...
Gwynne Dyer Javier Milei, who is very likely to be elected president of Argentina in the October election, is fairly frank in his view of Pope Francis, a fellow Argentine. He calls Francis “a Communist turd” and “the representative of the Evil...
The outcry from those affected by the ongoing closure of the Tiniroto Road at the Hangaroa Bluffs is intensifying. They are asking the Gisborne District Council to lift the barriers and reopen the road. Geotech engineers inspected the faces of the...
New Zealand needs a devolved health system, with decision-making responsibilities being “as close to the home or hapū as possible”. That is the view of National Party health spokesman Dr Shane Reti who has been in Gisborne with National’s...
Seven-year-old Viggo Mikkelsen Steele chronicles his family’s thrilling voyage from Greece to New Zealand, offering readers insights into their seafaring escapades and discoveries. Sailor, adventurer and budding journalist Viggo Mikkelsen Steele...
With summer just around the corner and a very real threat of drought from an El Nino weather system, Gisborne District Council is in a race against time to make important upgrades to its water network. Matthew Rosenberg takes a look behind the...
Craft a “DAD” salt dough photo frame — a simple yet meaningful Father’s Day gift that a child can easily make. Using just fundamental crafting materials and adult supervision you can design a customised memento that Dad will cherish over...
Eat Up New Zealand: The Bach Edition by Al Brown is a revised edition of Al’s iconic book Eat Up New Zealand. This book includes more than 150 delicious recipes especially aimed at easy bach living. Fried chicken bhaji with fresh coriander labneh...
GISBORNE CLUB DARTS ASSOCIATION INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: P Waihape, A Tangira, F Waihape (2NZEF TAO Spartans); T Irwin, H Woollett, T TeKira, T Duncan (Brezzn Gold); M Stevens (2NZEF Rebels); H Ngarangione, K Arahanga x2 (RSA Stallions); I Eyles...
Heartland Championship action returns to the Oval tomorrow, when Poverty Bay aim to make the most of home field advantage to turn their season around. The Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Wekas’ game against Mid-Canterbury starts at 2.30pm. The...
Do they dare dream of three? The Enterprise Cars Ngāti Porou East Coast Kaupoi in Sky Blue have established momentum with two classic wins in the Heartland Championship and are hungry for more. Tomorrow at 2.30pm, they face Buller in Week 4 of the...
Three hat-tricks, good. Four hat-tricks, better. My apologies to ALH Gisborne Thistle striker Jimmy Somerton. In my addled arrogance, I trusted my memory in its recall of two hat-tricks before last Saturday’s effort in a 5-3 loss to Palmerston...
Wainui Beach will be the place to be for knockout football action tomorrow. Wainui teams Demons and Sharks will have home advantage over Thistle and Gisborne United respectively in a Bailey Cup semifinal double-header at the beach ground off Wairere...
Eastland super veterans will be in Hamilton this weekend for the final round of the Badminton New Zealand inter-association super veterans’ Division 2 playoffs. Injuries have again affected the make-up of the team. They will play ties against...
The annual Sawyer Rosebowl Optional Fours tournament was held at Kahutia Bowling Club on Sunday. Ten teams played three rounds of games lasting eight ends or an hour, whichever came first. The winners of the Stonehaven Memorials-sponsored event were...
Six medals — three of them gold — were highlights of the Enterprise Swim Team’s efforts in the New Zealand Short Course Championships at the Hawke’s Bay Regional Aquatic Centre last month. Helena Huettemeyer, competing in the 15-year...
A damning review from a specially appointed panel will give rugby’s administrators plenty to think about. It says NZ Rugby lacks the leadership to solve the game’s complex issues, and that New Zealand rugby has too many professional players. It...
Blue Moons, Supermoons, Blood Moons — the New Zealand media has been infected with a pandemic of imported lunacy. Roger Handford It is another insidious cultural invasion, less obvious than Coca-Cola, but just as effective as that US-invented...
Having farmed through two El Nino droughts, I learned to heed advice early and not procrastinate, hoping. Unlike fire and floods, droughts develop and can be farmed, even in the low-rainfall front country. There are three elements to successfully...
It’s 250 days since a #newsroom expose on the National Party’s #BarbaraKuriger. Since then, media have mostly been silent and in the meagre one or two articles, have called her only an “embattled” MP. Even knowing about the misuse of her MP...
Re: Clive’s column on Wednesday. Tena pohehe tena! Translation: that’s a load of rubbish! Nga mihi Geraldine Oliver
Re: Pushing back on nonsense, August 29 letter. Nice one, Lara. I’ve been rolling my eyes back since the first one she wrote. About time someone called her out on the rubbish she writes. Eddie Rare
The training suction dredge Albatros has started a 12-day campaign clearing naturally accumulating sediments along the Eastland Port shipping channel, turning basin, Wharf 7 and Wharf 8. “So far the Albatros crew have worked in the Wharf 7 berth...